Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-28
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DAk0TA's IMMIGRATION.
Biennial Report ofthe Com
missioner, Lauren
Dunlap.
Excellent Work Done by an Official
With an Important Position.

Excellent Work Done bysan Otfiolai
With an Important Position.
lConclsded from Yeaterday.l
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There remains, according to the latest
revised estimates OF the office, beating
date OF December 1, 1885, q total vacant
area, open to settlement at this time, of
! little oyer twenty million co., .000)
acres Of government land.
This area is distributed as follows:
Bismarck land district, Y, 500, 900 acres.
Devils Lake land district, nearly 4,
100000 acres.
Deadwood land district, over 1000, 600
acres; Of which the larger part ID classed
as agricultural land.
Aberdeen land district, 600, 900 acres.
Grand Forks land district, 100000
ceres.
Fargo land district, 100000 acres.
In the Huron, WATERFOWL, Mitchell
and Yankton districts there is out little
vacant land left, excluding that which
has been already filed on, and is now to
be acquired through relinquisbmert or
contest. Probably In the huron district
the vacant area as thus defined will not
exceed so, 900 acres, and in each OF the
ether three districts it 10 very much
less.
In addition TO the vacant public land
area above described, there yet remains
in the hands of Indians q total area of
nearly $1,000, 600 acres, Q large il not the
greater part of which will eventually be
opened to the settlement. y
Mote: A diagram is given, showing
the relative location OF vacant lands in
Dakotal = y
The two tables which are given below
chow in detail the public land entries in
Dakota for the year ending June 80,
1886; by land districts for the entire
period under each head, is one summary,
and by months, for the ten districts
combined, in the second table; the
footings for the year Of course agreeing.
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The grand total OF lands newly fled
on and purchasing by immigrants for
settlement for the year in question may
safely be estimated at over 4,000.000
acres, or $3.50 square miles, an erea as
considered In o solid body, as large as
the Aberdeen land district, and
larger by 800 square miles than the com-
bined area Of the states OF Connecticut
and Rhode Island.
The block diagram displayed here
with will serve to illustrate what sOne
Year in Dakota'-and no extraordinary
sboom,' period, either. like 1SS3-may
accomplish, by way Of covering the
surface, as compared with o few of The
more densely populated areas of the
eastern states. = #
The total increase in population Of
s#she territory fer the year ending Isss
90, 1886, may be safely estimated at So
600, giving Dakota . population. on that
date OF fully 100000.
Dakota keeps on growing, and hei
population on December /, 1886 may be
may be estimated at 625,0 0 in round
numbers, the increase during the Eve
months of July, August, September
October end November being put at lesi
than one-third Of the annual increase
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT.
In 1917, the G.s---.sSrrfs I auiiu suiiTuat
was extended west as far as The Red
River OF the north, the track reaching tt
eastern bank of that river, on the Min
nssota side, December 81, 1871.
The day following, January ] 1872, th.
rails were laid on Dakota SOIL in th,
gaze cttY Oh r&rRo.
This wat the first railroad built in th,
territory. although only several month";
ahead Of the second.
The Dakota Southern road, now
part OF the Chicago, Milwaukee h 81
Paul railway, was projected IN 1871, an
bniif into southeastern Dakota during
the same year, 1872, that the transcon
tinental line, several hundred miles Il
the north, was being laid across q vas
uninhabited plain. on it's way to thu
paoifio s,oaan. \ y
The past year. 1886, has been one O
the greatest activity, and Q number o
very important enterprises have bee,
innugurated, which have added a larg,
mileage during the year and promise q
much. OF more, for the year to come.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
railroad leads off in the construction o
1886, with a mileage completed Of 25
miles, and the st. Paul, Minneapolis 4
Manitoba comes next, and close behind
With q completed mileage Of $50 miles
The total number OF miles OF track iai
during 1883 WAS $40, =
The following summary shows th
construction Of each railroad oompan,
IN the territory for 1885:
Miles Mile,
NAME or COMPANY. Ironed. Grades
Burlington, Cedar Rapids d
Northern ...a.... 10 -.
Chicago. Milwaukee q ut. Paul $50
Chicago a. Northwestern ....s. n 1
Chicago, 81. Paul, Minneapolis
d I
fremont. Elkhorn 4 Missouri
fallcy " -.
Minneapolis Il Pacific ....... 90 -.
Northern Paci6o..,...s. -. 10 -.
ST, Paul., Minneapolis & Mani
. zU ~
as4 ~ -
Total. h1Q "a